actor changing attribute of other actor

Prime

Can an actor change attribute of another actor without going thru a game attribute?

so far I notice that its either change self.xxx to game.xxx
On the pop up menu there is no other "actor" listed.
Can i replace self.xxx by anotheractor.xxx?

MotherHoose

when both actors are dragged to the sceneEditor they become instances of the prototype actors …

you open/unlock the behaviors of the actorInstance that will do the controlling
drag in a behavior and reference the other actor with an expression
> Current scene > layers > layer that actor is in > the actor > its attribute you want to change

MH

Prime

Hi MotherHoose! Thanks for the fast response.
Thanks for the answer! It works good! Here is another question.

I'm having an actor spawn. Is there a way I can have that "change attribute" be done on a prototype? or on the one being spawn? because its a command that spawns it...is there a way i can have that change attribute rule in the actor being spawn?

MotherHoose

alas @Prime, the answer to that is a straight out "No" … Prototypes can Not changeAttributes of other prototypes or of actors in a scene or the sceneAttributes!

however, there are some little tricks that might work to give the effect you want.

for example:
you could create a game.Attribute (Index type as IMO this uses the least resources) and leave it 0
on your prototype that is spawned have a 1st behavior:
changeAttribute: game.Index To: 1

on the actor you want to change:
Rule: when
Attribute: game.Index = 1
--change.Attribute: self.Whatever??

when you want this to happen with every spawning …
on the spawner … just before the spawn behavior
--changeAttribute: game.Index To: 0

good luck!
MH